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Map of new Railroads and Routes
New trans-continental map of the Pacific R.R. and routes of overland travel to Colorado, Nebraska, theBlack Hills, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, California and the Pacific Coast.
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Railway Transit
In the beginning of the19th century, the main mode of transportation was the horse and carriage. It wasn't until the latter part of the century that railways changed people's lives and improved transit.
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Chicago’s early urban transportation systems
The Lake Street “L” began servicing the West side on November 6, 1893, followed by the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad Company on May 6, 1895. The final “L” line, operated by the Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company, didn't begin passenger service until December 31, 1899. -
Pedestrians, street cars, and horse-drawn carts and carriages
State Street was, and continues to be, one of the main avenues of traffic and commerce in the center of Chicago's central business district, the Loop. -
Automobile
In a NYC traffic study in 1907, horse drawn vehicles moved at an average speed of 11.5 m.p.h. Automobiles moved through the city’s business district at an average speed of only 8.5 m.p.h. In cities, milk, ice, coal, wood, and other necessities were delivered to the home by horsedrawn wagons. In some places, dairy deliveries continued by horse-drawn wagon into the 1920s.
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Hudson River
The Leviathan steaming up the Hudson River, July 23, 1923 NMAH, Transportation Collections, Ralph E. Cropley Scrapbooks
The ocean liner Leviathan was built as the Vaterland for Germany’s Hamburg-American Line in 1914. After a complete reconditioning at Newport News, Virginia, in 1922-23, the Leviathan became the flagship of the new United States Lines, which operated it for the U.S. Shipping Board until 1929. -
American Buggy
By the late-nineteenth century, the most popular vehicle in America was the buggy, a light, four- wheel carriage with or without a collapsible top that seated one or two people. By the beginning of the twentieth century, mass production had lowered costs so substantially that catalogs advertised simple vehicles for as little as $20. In 1900, the annual earnings of a non-farm employee were about $483.
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Motorcycle
And an entirely new mode of transportation was introduced in the early years of the 20th century.
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